Linares, Chile

Linares is a city in central Chile, located 188 miles south of Santiago and 31 miles south of Talca. It was founded by Viceroy Ambrosio O'Higgins (the father of Bernardo O'Higgins) on 23 May 1794 as Villa de San Ambrosio de Linares, and it came to house the artillery school of the Chilean Army. In 2012, Linares had a population of 120,716 people, with 75.41% being Catholic, 15.74% Evangelical Protestants, 4.95% atheist or agnostic, 2% Mormon, and .61% Jehovah's Witnesses.